Where to Watch the World Cup in the United States

Many of us, whether we live here or are on vacation, will be in the United States this summer when the World Cup is on. But which pubs, restaurants, sports bar or venues will you be attending nearby to watch the game with tens or hundreds or thousands of sweaty soccer fans?

The problem is where can you find a comprehensive list of the venues that will be hosting World Cup viewing parties — especially when a lot of the games are on when US venues haven’t opened for lunch yet?

At which venues are you going to watch the big matches, where you know they’ll broadcast most of the 64 World Cup games this summer? Go ahead and post it in the comments section below and we’ll update the master list in this post here.

In the meantime, here’s the first listing – which is where EPL Talk will be hosting all of its official viewing parties (except for the 7:30am games when the venue is not open):

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Wow small world I’m from Milford too and yes I expect to see a huge crowd there. I plan on being there hours before kick off to get a parking spot and a good seat. It will probably a mix of both but mostly USA. It’s going to be odd not rooting with Britos I met at The Liffey that are Chelsea fans.

They are also getting either the Budwiser Truck or the Shocktop car parked right next to the patio for the USA vs England match.

Jason you should totaly come down during the EPL season The Liffey isn’t any one team’s pub they show everything. The owner and the manager are both Liverpool fans and we need more Spur fans to sing at. During the last Spurs v Chelsea match there was only one Spurs supporter there.

The Connecticut Blues are taking over The Liffey mate. Wait until you see the commercial that is going to air on ESPN promoting Anna Liffey’s during the World Cup. They filmed it during the FA Cup final ;).

Spit in any direction in NYC and you’ll find a bar showing the World Cup.

For the US-England match, though, I’ll be at The Bell House in Brooklyn. They’re having a big party with DJs on either side of the room spinning English and American bands, as well as English and American food on either side of the venue.

They usually don’t show soccer, but they’re great at putting on events, so I’m betting this one will be pretty cool. Their affiliate, Floyd, in an adjacent neighborhood has been showing matches regularly for the past six or seven years.

With the exception of the 430am matches, most pubs and bars will be opening up for the 7am matches.

In the valley: McGs in Chatsworth. They just installed HD projectors. Fox and Hounds in Studio City is also a good bet.
In L.A.: Cat&Fiddle in Hollywood will be showing all England, USA, Brazil 7am matches, otherwise they will be opening for the 1130 matches. The Blue Palms Brewhouse in Hollywood will be opening up at 6am!

If you’re in Chicago and a reader of this site then you most likely know that The Globe on Irving Park Rd. is going to be ground zero for all games in the city. I’ll most likely be going there but it’s going to be packed by 8am more than likely. My back up plan is Small Bar on Division, should be a 99 percent pro USA crowd at small bar, The Globe will probably be 50/50 crowd or the US-England game which will make for a great atmosphere.

Duke, thanks for the kudos. Where are you located? You should probably look in the Naperville area if you’re out west, that’ll save you about an hour of driving. I’m sure there’s a bar or two showing the games there, maybe even in the St. Charles/Geneva/Batavia area.

Dave,
There will be a Viewing Party at the Hope and Anchor English Pub in Loves Park. The party begins at 11 am. The address is 5040 North 2nd St, Loves Park. You can find the party listed in Big Soccer. com or Go Rockford.

Side Note: there’s also a slew of German bars throughout the city and suburbs that always show the games, I watched all of the Germany games in 06 at Huttenbar, Hansa Clipper and The Brauhaus, all in Lincoln Square. There’s also Mirabell on Addison and Edelweiss on Irving Park in Norridge, Schnitzel Platz on North ave. in Glendale Heights, Resi’s Bierstube and Laschett’s Inn(across the street from eachother) on Irving Park Rd. and Western which is a few blocks away from The Globe.

You also have the Red Lion Pub on Lincoln ave., obviously a Brit pub. There’s also a bunch of Polish, Bulgarian, Russian, and Italian bars throughout the metro area that will most likely be showing all the games. God, I love living in Chicago, definitely no shortage of options for the cup.

Thanks guys in Chicago. In the north Suburban area try Curragh Irish Pub in Skokie. You will see me there during the lunch hour since it’s near by office. Anyone have a place in Lake County for the weekend games?

I am happy that I will be joining the Gaffer and the group in Florida on June 12 for the USA -England game. hope to see some of you down there.

If you’re in St Louis, MO, you can watch the England USA match with 2 of the surviving members of the 1950 USMNT, Harry Keough and Frank Borghi in Soccer Park, Fenton MO as well as other matches at at any of the STL United FC Affiliates including Amsterdam Tavern, Barristers, Dooleys, Flannery’s Pub, OB Clark’s, the Fox and Hound, the Red Lion, Tigin’s Irish Pub, or the Pasta House in Fairview Heights amongst others.

If you’re in Columbia, MO, you can watch matches with me at my bar, the Blue Fugue (120 S 9th St), where I will have live matches, rebroadcasts, classic WC matches, and/or commentary from around the globe on 24/7 for the next month as well as 200+ different kinds of beer, or at one of the following wonderful establishments: the Flat Branch Pub, Osama’s Coffee Zone, or Top 10 Wines.

Nevada Smith’s at 11th and 3rd Avenue is the world-famous soccer pub in NYC. Get there early or you’re screwed.

Also, just came across this: http://www.playbeautifulnyc.com/
This will have a huge pop-up tent at 201 Mulberry St. in NoLita (adjacent to SoHo) with an indoor stadium to watch matches, shops for official soccer gear, training ground for soccer demos, PS3 gaming zone, and concession stands for eats and drinks. Should be amazing!

The Lion & Eagle Pub in Boca Raton is the best place to watch a game in South Florida. As an American Football Fanatic its home for the World Cup. Always a great atmosphere and I think I heard that they were putting a tent outside for every game even the 7:30 ones. Either way we will be there rooting for the US!!!!!!

Love the Lion and Eagle. I don’t live in Boca anymore, but many of my friends frequent the place. I go in every time that I am down, which isn’t often enough these days. The owners are very good guys and they do a great job showing the games that we all want to see.

to add to the L.A. options, Santa Monica’s got the King’s Head, the Britannia and the Cock n Bull. All three great options, King’s Head’s got the best food, but Cock n Bull has the most intense atmosphere. Britannia’s got a great crowd as well, but their food is well, not good.

I’m going to be in the Dallas – Fort Worth area for the opening weekend… is this the best place to watch? I’m from NYC so I would normally have a bevy of options but I’ll definitely feel like a fish out of water down in the Lone Star State.

You guys should insert the full state name into each of your posts, to make for easy searching. That’s especially helpful for those of us who live in big metro areas. (A “Detroit” establishment, for instance, could very well be in Dearborn or whatever, and thus easy to miss. If you stick the state name into your post, we can just do a page-search for that.)

If you’re looking to watch the matches with a bunch of soft football and basketball fans and take Jaeger bombs with some PX90-three-sizes-too-homo-Tapout-t-shirt-meatheads after every goal, then by all means, go to Wowies. If you want to watch soccer games in south Florida with some real soccer fans, where they know how to pour a Guinness, , then the only place to go is the Lion & Eagle in Boca Raton! Fish, chips, and football!

Max, that’s where you’re wrong. There’ll be plenty of die-hard soccer fans attending Wowies – some of whom are coming all the way from Chicago and Jacksonville just to be there. We’ll also be doing some video and podcast interviews with the fans at Wowies, which will air on the number one podcast in the States, EPL Talk.

Dave, if you find something, let me know! I would love to find something in this area, as it would be MUCH easier to get to than the city. You’re deep in NASCAR territory out there, though, so I wouldn’t get my hopes up.

Hi Duke . My apologies for getting name wrong earlier.. Am looking at Napierville or Chicago as of now… Getting too many strange looks out here in the bars of Dixon when asking about the soccer!!..Dave

Honestly, there should be at least one bar in Rockford showing the games, but I’d highly suggest making the hour drive into the city, especially if your here on holiday. Join us at The Globe on the Northside. I suggest leaving early though. It’s a good hour to a hour and a half drive from your area but I’d be worth the drive, I can’t imagine there’s very many passionate soccer fans in the Rockford area. The crowd at The Globe gets rowdy for EPL games I can only imagine how great it’s going to be for the cup. Let me know if you want to make the trek, I’ll give you my email and help you find your way.

1950 USA hero, Harry Keough and clan will watching at OB CLARKS in St Louis Missouri for the World Cup Kick Off Mexico v South Africa on Friday as well as Saturday’s USA England at the Soccer Park in Fenton Missouri

Update: if you’re in Chicago there’s a few things I learned yesterday that might hinder your viewing options. If you were planning on going to The Globe they don’t want you there unless you’re a regular, apparently it’s going to be some private event for the US v England game, I was going back and forth with their owner yesterday, they claim there was a sign up in December for people to get passes to get in, no one I know they frequents the pub has a clue about this. So don’t go there. Also, Gingers Ale House on Ashland is going to be a ticketed event also, tickets just went on sale at Noon, 50 bucks a piece, that includes a few drinks and a buffet.

I will most likely be going to Small Bar on Division, it’s first come first served, so get there early, very early, should be packed. As far as I know Fado on Grand is the same way.

Cheers ‘Up the Chels’ ( you don’t know how hard that is to say when your an arsenal supporter) for the info re: The Globe…that other bar sounds good. I’m looking at Naperville also..Do you know that Quigley’s bar – is it any good for atmosphere?

If you need directions, Dave, Mapquest is usually more accurate than Google Maps. I don’t know how much chance I’m going to have to be there, but I’ll see what I can do. I’ll probably be wearing blue, though!

Hi Duke. You wear your colours proud! As you Chelsea fans sing ” Blue is the colour football is the game”.. Will try Quiqleys so.. although I hear there is a Sports bar in the DeKalb area called BWD ( I might have that wrong ) that could be a contender.. let me know if it is… Anyway thanks for the info and to all Have a great World Cup!!